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cm0002@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day ago

What common sayings are actually true?

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What common sayings are actually true?

cm0002@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day ago
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Original question by @ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee

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    11 hours ago

    One in the hand is worth two in the bush.

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    Keep making that face and it will freeze like that!

    Yes, your 43 face muscles tell a story depending on how you work them out, or don’t. Saw my ex after a few years and was stunned. You can tell at a glance that she’s a woman who never smiles, face entirely slack.

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    19 hours ago

    “Not my circus, not my monkeys.”

    My life became infinitely better once I understood that saying.

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    20 hours ago

    A gram of prevention is worth a kilogram of cure.

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    20 hours ago

    Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.

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      18 hours ago

      You use this a lot nicerdicer?

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    If you but cheap, you buy twice.

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      I’ve heard this too and it’s true, but also you don’t want to needlessly spend on things either. For example, a good bed is worth the cost, the saying holds up. However, if you buy the pro version of every tool you’ll go broke. You can instead buy the cheap one first, anything you use enough where it would break is then worth buying the expensive one

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        What I’ve heard (fairly recently) is do not skimp on anything that goes between you and the ground: bed, shoes, office chair. I’d add carpet to that because my feet hurt standing on hardwood/vinyl/thin carpet and I often have to wear shoes indoors.

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          Hardwood is great, but you need to plan where you’re hanging around. Area rugs are useful, and for dishes or cooking a good spongy mat is useful and looks nice

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          …and tyres. Good advice.

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        Someone told me 25 years ago to buy a cheap set of tools, and then buy a good version of the ones that break. Many you’ll never use enough to break or at all. But that fn 10mm socket, it’s going to break and need a good one no matter what

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      I’ve heard this out two ways:

      Buy nice or buy twice

      And when paying for the more expensive

      Buy once cry once

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    You are what you eat.

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      That’s why we are all plastic.

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        WE’RE A BARBIE GIRL, IN A BARBIE WORLD

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          LIFE IN PLASTIC, IT’S FANTASTIC!

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    Never get involved in a land war in Asia.

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    Waste not, want not.

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